Size of combobox in JTable with custom cell editor
Hi All -
I have a JTable that displays a combobox in certain cells. I have a custom table model, renderer, and editor. All of that works fine. I render the combobox with the renderer, and then return the combobox as an editor in the editor so that it can drop down and actually be of use. My problem is - I set the size of the combobox with a setBounds call in the renderer, I add it to a panel, and return the panel - because I dont want the combobox to take up the entire space of the cell. This approach fails in the editor. The setBounds and setSize calls have no effect. As soon as you click the combobox, the editor takes over and all of a sudden the combobox resizes to the entire area of the cell. I assume this is because in the editor you arent actually placing anything - your simply returning the "editing form" of the component.
So - anybody know of a way to work around this? Worst case, I could just allow the combobox to use the entire area of the cell - but it makes it uglier so I figured I would run it by the forums.
Eric
Rather than just redirect you to my previous answer from ages ago, I'll just give it again. :-)
You can actually do this, but you have to get tricky. By default, the dropdown's width will be the same width as the cell... but it doesn't have to be that way. Essentially what you have to do is override the UI (MetalComboBoxUI) for the combo component. In your new customized UI component subclass (that you set the combo to use), modify the the createPopup() method of this UI class, and add your own logic to set the size of the popup before you return it.
Ideally the size would be based on the computed max width of a rendered item shown in the combo, but really you could set it to whatever just to see how it works.
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import javax.swing.border.Border;
import javax.swing.table.AbstractTableModel;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellEditor;
import javax.swing.table.TableCellRenderer;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.event.ActionEvent;
import java.awt.event.ActionListener;
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int row,
int column) {
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Border selectedBorder = null;
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new ColorRenderer(true));
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new ColorEditor());
add(scrollPane);
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private String[] columnNames = {"First Name",
"Favorite Color",
"Sport",
"# of Years",
"Vegetarian"};
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{"Mary", new Color(153, 0, 153),
"Snowboarding", new Integer(5), new Boolean(false)},
{"Alison", new Color(51, 51, 153),
"Rowing", new Integer(3), new Boolean(true)},
{"Kathy", new Color(51, 102, 51),
"Knitting", new Integer(2), new Boolean(false)},
{"Sharon", Color.red,
"Speed reading", new Integer(20), new Boolean(true)},
{"Philip", Color.pink,
"Pool", new Integer(10), new Boolean(false)}
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return data.length;
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return columnNames[col];
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return data[row][col];
public Class getColumnClass(int c) {
return getValueAt(0, c).getClass();
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if (col < 1) {
return false;
} else {
return true;
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data[row][col] = value;
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JFrame frame = new JFrame("TableDialogEditDemo");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
JComponent newContentPane = new TableDialogEditDemo();
newContentPane.setOpaque(true);
frame.setContentPane(newContentPane);
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frame.setVisible(true);
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javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
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logger.debug("PicklistEditor: picklistRightEdge = " + picklistRightEdge);
logger.debug("PicklistEditor: moveRightAmount = " + moveRightAmount);
javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeLater(
new Runnable()
public void run()
editField.requestFocusInWindow();
aLabel.setText("Editing...");
logger.debug("PicklistEditor: editPanel.getBounds(" + editPanel.getBounds() + ")");
logger.debug("PicklistEditor: editInputPanel.getBounds(" + editInputPanel.getBounds() +
logger.debug("PicklistEditor: acceptEditFieldButton.getBounds(" +
acceptEditFieldButton.getBounds() + ")");
logger.debug("PicklistEditor: picklistScrollPane.getBounds(" +
picklistScrollPane.getBounds() + ")");
return aLabel;
[\code] -
Hi
I been trying to create a JTable with a custom combobox, that is in a column the lists contained within each combobox is unique. I tried using a renderer, even though the combo appears I cannot select the combo for editing. Any suggestions on how to get the combo working properly would be appreciated thanks.It's been a few years since I did something like this, but my recollection is that you should implement the TableCellEditor interface and have the getTableCellEditor method return your custom combo box. Then, either override getCellEditor in your JTable to return your custom TableCellEditor or (better) call tableColumn.setCellEditor for the column you're interested in, passing an instance of your TableCellEditor. I suggest you return the same JComboBox from your implementation of getTableCellEditor every time, and either replace the underlying model or have a custom model in which you can easily switch the contents on-the-fly.
Having done this in the past, I remember that it's quite easy to leak stuff - I wouldn't advise making a new JComboBox every time.
Regards,
Huw -
JTable - help with custom cell renderers and editors
I've got myself into a bit of a mess with cell renderers and editors.
I've got a custom component that wants displaying in a column and then hand over all functionality to this component when you start editing it.
Now how I went out about this was to create a custom cell renderer that extends this component and implements TableCellRenderer.
I then created a table cell editor that extends AbstractCellEditor and implements TableCellEditor and this cell editor creates a new component when it's initialized. I then use setCellEditor(new MyCellEditor()) on the column and setCellRenderer(new MyCellRenderer()).
This works slightly but I'm wondering how this is all implemented.
When I set the cell editor on it's own it seems to be sharing a reference to the single component that's being used which means that if you edit one cell all the cells get changed to the new value.
Thanks for the help,
Alexonly a few forums are actually browsedAnd theSwing forum is one of the most active. Did you search it for editiing examples? I've seen many editing examples posted in a SSCCE format.
SSCEE is also impossible as the functionality spans over about 10 classes We did not ask for your application, we asked for a SSCCE. The whole point of a SSCCE is to simplify the 10 classes into a single class and maybe an inner class for the editor to make sure you haven't made a silly mistake that is hidden because of the complexity of your real application. -
JTable with custom column model and table model not showing table header
Hello,
I am creating a JTable with a custom table model and a custom column model. However the table header is not being displayed (yes, it is in a JScrollPane). I've shrunk the problem down into a single compileable example:
Thanks for your help.
import javax.swing.*;
import javax.swing.table.*;
public class Test1 extends JFrame
public static void main(String args[])
JTable table;
TableColumnModel colModel=createTestColumnModel();
TestTableModel tableModel=new TestTableModel();
Test1 frame=new Test1();
table=new JTable(tableModel, colModel);
frame.getContentPane().add(new JScrollPane(table));
frame.setSize(200,200);
frame.setVisible(true);
private static DefaultTableColumnModel createTestColumnModel()
DefaultTableColumnModel columnModel=new DefaultTableColumnModel();
columnModel.addColumn(new TableColumn(0));
return columnModel;
static class TestTableModel extends AbstractTableModel
public int getColumnCount()
return 1;
public Class<?> getColumnClass(int columnIndex)
return String.class;
public String getColumnName(int column)
return "col";
public int getRowCount()
return 1;
public Object getValueAt(int row, int col)
return "test";
public void setValueAt(Object aValue, int rowIndex, int columnIndex)
}Edited by: 802416 on 14-Oct-2010 04:29
addedKleopatra wrote:
jduprez wrote:
See http://download.oracle.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/swing/table/TableColumn.html#setHeaderValue(java.lang.Object)
When the TableColumn is created, the default headerValue is null
So, the header ends up rendered as an empty label (probably of size 0 if the JTable computes its header size based on the renderer's preferred size).nitpicking (can't resist - the alternative is a cleanup round in some not so nice code I produced recently <g>):
- it's not the JTable's business to compute its headers size (and it doesn't, the header's the culprit.) *> - the header should never come up with a zero (or near-to) height: even if there is no title shown, it's still needed as grab to resize/move the columns. So I would consider this sizing behaviour a bug.*
- furthermore, the "really zero" height is a longstanding issue with MetalBorder.TableHeaderBorder (other LAFs size with the top/bottom of their default header cell border) which extends AbstractBorder incorrectly. That's easy to do because AbstractBorder itself is badly implemented
http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=6459419
Thanks for the opportunity to have some fun :-)
JeanetteNo problem, thanks for the insight :) -
Performance decrease with custom cell renderer
Hi,
Finally, I have my cell renderer working fine (it was simpler than I thought). Anyway, I'm suspecting something is not working quite well yet. When I try to reorder my colums (by dragging them) they move like slow motion. If I don't register my custom cell renderer, I can move my columns fine. Next is the code of my custom renderer.
class PriorityRenderer extends DefaultTableCellRenderer {
public Component getTableCellRendererComponent(
JTable table, Object value, boolean isSelected,
boolean hasFocus, int row, int column) {
if(value instanceof coloredValue) {
coloredValue cv = (coloredValue)value;
if(isSelected) this.setBackground(table.getSelectionBackground());
else this.setBackground(cv.getbkColor());
this.setForeground(cv.gettxColor());
this.setText(value.toString());
this.setOpaque(true);
return this;
}All the cells of my JTable are "coloredValue"s. This is a little class with a String, two colors and some getter methods.
Can anyone giveme a hint ?
Thanks!!OK! Now the performance problem is gone!! (I don't know why, I didn't touch a thing)
Thanks anyway
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